Scott Dee, DVM, and Satoshi Otkake, DVM, both of the University of Minnesota, “Assessing the Risk of PRRS Virus Transmission by Transport Vehicles,” and

Jeff Zimmerman, DVM, Iowa State University, “Determination of the Infectious Dose for Transmission of PRRS Virus by Oral Exposure.”

An added $12,500 research award was presented to Robert Morrison, DVM, University of Minnesota, “Controlling PRRS: The Use of Geographic Information Systems to Determine Area-Based Prevalence and the Association between Proximity of Non-Linked Herds and Percent Homology in Pig Farms.”